Arts and Culture Archives - Catholicism.org
The term “art” covers a broad spectrum of creativity. In the absolute sense only God can “create,” because creation implies making something out of nothing. Man can imitate his Creator by being creative, however it is more accurate to say that man “produces” or “makes.” In “making” (faciendo) man must work with matter that already exists. What does the word itself mean? The schoolmen define art as “the right method of producing,” (recta ratio factibilium) in contrast t...| Catholicism.org
